HS 413 - Medieval Military History

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course. The Middle Ages was a bellicose era. From the Germanic invasions to the Hundred Years War, from the Vikings to the Crusaders, the Middle Ages seems to have been made up of one major conflict followed by another. Traces the history of warfare throughout the Middle Ages as well as covering medieval strategy, tactics, combatants, technology, diplomacy, the role of religion, and the effects on nonmilitary society. IM